BOSTON – The second rehab stint for Shane Victorino has turned into a saga of ups and downs, but mostly downs.

Victorino has been on the disabled list since May 24 with what started as a right hamstring strain and then morphed into a lower back strain.

He's been started and stopped on two separate rehab stints just within the past the last three weeks.

Victorino was scheduled to restart rehab with Class A Short Season Lowell on Wednesday but manager John Farrell noted he's been pushed to Thursday "at a minimum" with "increased symptoms" coming into Tuesday.

Farrell said Victorino wasn't scheduled to return until after the All-Star break. The tentative plan is for Victorino to play five consecutive games, building up from two or three at-bats to a full nine innings.

'He’s been missed," said Farrell. "His energy, his defense, what he’s done at the plate for us. His vacancy has left a hole in our lineup and that’s not to be critical of anybody else in our lineup that’s to say Shane Victorino was a heck of a player for us last year and we miss that player."